Haha, I just had a thought that if I want some good books to read I should look into all the ones referenced in Lost. The most recent one being Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor. Others include The Stand (which I've read, great book), Catch-22, Alice in Wonderland, Turn of the Screw, Our Mutual Friend ([bleep]ens ), Of Mice and Men (also read), and a ton of others.

 

 

 

That is starting to sound like a really good idea as I sit here typing it :lol: EDIT: Full list of references from the show: http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Literary_references

 

 

 

Brave New World is strange. I'm now weirded out by the word "pneumatic."

Malazan book of the fallen It takes a while to get trough the first book, but after that it's absolutely great. It was a surprise it has only been mentioned once on this thread :-# Just finished the 8th book of the series, I heard the 9th one won't come out untill september. To bad...

Haha, I just had a thought that if I want some good books to read I should look into all the ones referenced in Lost. The most recent one being Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor. Others include The Stand (which I've read, great book), Catch-22, Alice in Wonderland, Turn of the Screw, Our Mutual Friend ([bleep]ens ), Of Mice and Men (also read), and a ton of others.

 

 

 

That is starting to sound like a really good idea as I sit here typing it :lol: EDIT: Full list of references from the show: http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Literary_references

 

 

 

Brave New World is strange. I'm now weirded out by the word "pneumatic."

 

 

 

Thank God i dont have to read that darn book ever again my life, i read it the first time in Year 9, and i thought it was good, then i found out we had to study it in detail and quotes and stuff and now i hate it lol. Just had the exam on it this morning. Was so-so, BUT I CAN BURN THE BOOK NOW! YAAAAAAAY!

Almost finished with In the Space Left Behind. Just some easy teen fiction, but it's pretty good.

Read some Poe short stories today. Edgar Allan Poe is [developmentally delayed]ed. It's a love/hate thing with him. His stories just drone on endlessly, pointlessly but he is a master at the use of language so yeah...

 

 

 

The Third Sunday makes you want to :XD:

anybody got any books they can recommend to me that'd make me think about things? I like books like that.

anybody got any books they can recommend to me that'd make me think about things? I like books like that.

 

 

 

Can you be a bit more specific/Like, what are some books that have had that effect on you before?

anybody got any books they can recommend to me that'd make me think about things? I like books like that.

 

Clifford the big red dog?

I have just finished Neil Gaiman's American Gods, and it was quite a great read. The story is about a man named Shadow who is released from jail after three years to be told that his wife had died in a car crash . He gets a plane ride home for the funeral when he meets a man that calls himself Wednesday, who seems to know more about Shadow than anyone should. Shadow eventually begins to work for Wednesday and becomes involved in a great conflict between the old gods and the new. Even if this sounds cheesy, I would highly recommend this book to most anyone, though I admit that it is a mature read. The book never drags at all throughout its ~600 pages, and Gaiman's writing is stellar.

anybody got any books they can recommend to me that'd make me think about things? I like books like that.

 

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

 

Flatland by Edwin A. Abbot

I don't read anymore due to the fact that reading a required number of books isn't required in high school like it was in 8th grade. Lately I've taken an interest to the school magazine, they've got some very interesting articles in there.

 

 

 

Also I used to read a lot of young adult realistic fiction, as well as science fiction.

anybody got any books they can recommend to me that'd make me think about things? I like books like that.

 

1984/Animal Farm

 

George Corwell.

 

i think...

anybody got any books they can recommend to me that'd make me think about things? I like books like that.

 

1984/Animal Farm

 

George Corwell.

 

i think...

 

Fixed :P

Brave New World just got in at my library, so I'm going to pick it up tomorrow. I also have The Bourne Conspiracy on hold, but it hasn't come in yet.

I read a book called siddhartha on a suggestion from my english teacher, first book thats actually brought me to tears in just about forever. I would suggest it for anyone interested in it, based in india and deals with some deeply religious stuff.

I read a book called siddhartha on a suggestion from my english teacher, first book thats actually brought me to tears in just about forever. I would suggest it for anyone interested in it, based in india and deals with some deeply religious stuff.

 

 

 

Good book. Herman Hesse won the Pulitzer for it. Still relevant today.

 

 

 

I also highly reccommend it.

Do you read?

 

 

 

Pretty vague. Doesn't really spark discussion

 

 

 

However, yes I read

 

 

 

Conn Iggulden (Emporer series, and that Genghis khan one-I'm too lazy to check)

 

James Patterson (Maximum Ride is going downhill from no.4, Alex Cross is good, Black Market suck...to name a few)

 

Tom Clancy (Rainbow Six is good, Op Center-call to treason not so much)

 

Read David Gemmell for a while

 

Raymond E. Feist (same as above)

 

 

 

More authors whose names I do not remember

Already finished reading one of my summer books, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. Took me a while to get into the writing style, but once it clicked I couldn't put the book down.

 

 

 

Also read Volume 1 (books 1-3) of The Belgariad by David Eddings. Despite recommendations, including rave reviews from here on TIF, I found the books pretty bad and have no desire to finish the series.

 

 

 

Currently into Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower IV.) Nice quality fantasy after reading Eddings.

Do you read?

 

 

 

Pretty vague. Doesn't really spark discussion

 

*looks at page number* Well, looks to me like it has sparked discussion :P

 

 

 

Can anyone recommend me a few good books on personality psychology? It's been interesting me lately.

 

Currently into Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower IV.) Nice quality fantasy after reading Eddings.

 

Argh! I've had the first 3 books in on my shelf doing nothing for months now. I just don't have the motivation, but I want to read them. I know it makes no sense, but yea... xD

I'm not the biggest reader, always been like that and this will haunt me when I go to college this summer.

 

 

 

I am however reading a book for summer reading called "The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian"

 

This is actually a great book, and im enjoying reading now :

I am currently reading The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond, which I recommend to anyone who is interested in why us humans are so different than all other animals, mammals and even primates.

Didn't I already make a thread exactly like this?

 

Or did it just die...

 

But OT I like the Demonata series by Darren Shan

Currently reading:

 

Nothing...except for Nintendo Power. The lack of reading materials at our library disturbs me.

 

 

 

Last thing I read was this book called Beat the Reaper by a new author. It was fantastic. Funny, action packed. A great book.

Do you read?

 

 

 

Pretty vague. Doesn't really spark discussion

 

*looks at page number* Well, looks to me like it has sparked discussion :P

 

 

 

Can anyone recommend me a few good books on personality psychology? It's been interesting me lately.

 

 

 

Damn my inability to see numbers and to register what they mean :oops: